April 2020 - nwLaborPress

A union guide to Oregon’s May 19 primary election

Apr 29, 2020

It’s a busy ballot, and often local labor unions didn’t agree on who to back. But there’s no more comprehensive guide to which candidates want—and deserve—the support of union members and working people.

Back to work at Daimler

Apr 29, 2020

Daimler Trucks North America reopened its Swan Island Western Star truck plant April 20 with lots of measures in place to prevent COVID-19 virus.

OFNHP elects new set of leaders

Apr 29, 2020

Kaiser RN Jodi Barschow was elected to lead OFNHP at the head of a reform slate. Incumbent Adrienne Enghouse placed third.

City of Portland asks unions for pay freeze

Apr 29, 2020

Nothing has been agreed to yet, and union negotiators for the District Council of Trade Unions and Laborers Local 483 want more detail about the budget hit.

No low-road employers in PERS new ‘responsible contractor’ policy

Apr 29, 2020

Only contractors that provide fair wages and benefits can bid on construction and janitorial work when the pension owns majority.

STARS banquet canceled, Painters still receive bonuses they earned

Apr 29, 2020

Part of a program to field the best-trained workforce in the industry, Local 10 members get bonuses for skill advancement and safety classes they take.

Korean war memorial wall closer to start

Apr 29, 2020

The Clark County chapter of the National Korean War Veterans Association got an anonymous $5,000 donation for a “Wall of Remembrance” in Washington, D.C.

Four-year contract fight ends as Mondelēz-Nabisco struggles to keep workers on the job in the COVID crisis

Apr 20, 2020

The new national contract contains significant union concessions, ending the pension and giving the company the right to use temps during the COVID crisis.

Pandemic effects ripple across the construction industry

Apr 15, 2020

Across the building trades, opinions vary about whether to stay working or stay at home in the midst of a pandemic.

ICTSI refuses to accept $19 million from ILWU and will seek new trial

Apr 15, 2020

A new trial would focus only on deciding the right amount of damages, not whether ILWU was at fault in the slowdown at Terminal 6.